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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
2
A United States study notes drivers keep clearances from the edge of pavement varies with width and grade. It finds 18-foot roads are too narrow for trucks, 20-foot lanes provide ample clearance, and edge features like shoulders and guardrails influence road centerward drift, especially on curves and downgrades.
The article recalls the era of great catchers and highlights the promising young talent Nulstan Hemsley. It notes his early start in Syracuse and rapid ascent to the big leagues, praising his speed, eye, and energy behind the plate while contrasting with past stars and calling him a potential modern standout.
A uniform athletic code for American colleges would be drafted under a National Student Federation of America resolution from its fourth annual Congress in Columbia Missouri. A Harvard led group urged a national convention of student leaders coaches athletic directors and athletes to draft the code with boycott options for nonsubscribers. The code covers amateurism professionalism eligibility and college use of professional sports like summer baseball. A committee will plan the drafting convention Ursell Naryér of Portland elected federation president Martha Biehle vice president and Max J Chapman treasurer. The 1920 congress will be at Stanford University. Retiring president is B H Miller.
Plans to revive the Eastern Shore and Virginia leagues for 1924 were dropped. Tracery tops the sale chart at 205000 dollars. Talks of artificial snow for year round winter sports, and comments from Tris Speaker on Newark 1929. Dartmouth to play Navy on November 30, plus Groh to Hartford in the Rust Belt league. Babe Ruth’s fund totals 730000 dollars for post-career support. Connie Mack releases Joe Hauser to Milwaukee.
Frank Coltiletti, a leading American jockey for a decade, is described as a hard conscientious worker who has not been late for a morning report at his stable in over three years.
G B H Waterman of Ham mond street Chestnut Hill Mass proudly owns an 1899 model automobile that still runs. He is pictured taking his sister Louise a famed tennis player and his friend K Gibson for a ride. The car was built in Germany and Waterman pursues collecting antique cars as a hobby.
Sweden’s champion figure skater Miss Viviana Hulten is training in Switzerland ahead of the European championships. She aims to defend her title and showcase her refined routines on international ice.
A column of assorted musings notes road traffic turns and gear. It mentions silver loving cups as prizes and the idea of motor cars placed end to end would stretch into a Sunday afternoon. It touches on pedestrians running quicker and phrases about the Southwest hogs and English motor sleeping cars with berths for long trips. It also gives a quick home fix for a floor scraper using a license plate and wooden handle. It closes with a technical note on piston ring leakage during engine strokes and vacuum pressures.
Dr Frederick Rand Rogers New York director of health and physical education urged the women's division of the Amateur Athletic Federation to oppose girls participation in the 1942 Olympic games claiming competitive sports undermine a woman's beauty. He supported promoting beauty over competition while praising girls sports in general.
A mother finds her three children in an attic on a scorching day. The boy explains they are acting a Bible scene as a game. The piece then shifts to explain Gullah speech in coastal South Carolina and a hunting anecdote in which a British hunter mistakes a deer for a dodo, aided by a local African helper.
The island lies in the East River between Manhattan and Long Island, about a mile and a half long and one-eighth mile wide. It hosts New York City penal institutions and hospitals under city control.
A fragment notes Bratosthenes of Cyrene as the first astronomer to measure the Earth’s distance. It says his circumference calculation was surprisingly close, with an error of about 28 minutes of arc.
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a trusted anti acid for children and adults. It claims physicians endorse the genuine prescription product and notes the trademark history with Phillips Chemical Co and successors since 1974.
Robert Newnham, a 91 year old Holland Ohio resident and Crimean War veteran, says he is among a few survivors who received care from Florence Nightingale. He reads without glasses and makes daily post office trips to chat about the day.
A fragment notes a man’s remark about missing his wife and choosing a restaurant while she is away, reflecting casual domestic banter from the era. The readable lines show informal dialogue and a playful tone.
A writer notes the futility of shrinking in places one desires and argues only intelligent people grasp the irony. The piece contemplates losing twenty pounds without perceptible change and warns against overindulgence in irony.
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